OPG's Native Circle organizes National Aboriginal Day events across the company each year.

Building relationships with Indigenous communities in Ontario

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OPG is committed to building and growing long-term, mutually beneficial working relationships with Indigenous communities near our current and future operations in Ontario.

Our Indigenous Relations group helps build these relationships in keeping with OPG’s Indigenous Relations Policy, first developed in 2007. It sets out our objectives for respecting rights and interests, and developing and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships and partnerships with Indigenous communities. The policy also requires engaging in community relations and outreach, and providing capacity-building support, including employment and business contracting opportunities.

Relationships are developed on a foundation of respect for the languages, customs, cultural institutions and rights of Indigenous communities in Ontario. Our goal is to build and preserve openness, transparency and trust.

Development partnerships

Our relationships with Indigenous communities have laid the groundwork for a series of successful generation development partnerships.

Our Lower Mattagami River Project was a $2.6 billion hydroelectric redevelopment partnership with the Moose Cree First Nation that was completed in 2014 ahead of time and on budget. Two hundred and fifty 250 local Indigenous people worked on the project and as an equity partner, the Moose Cree First Nation will see benefits from this clean hydro project for years to come.

As will the Lac Seul First Nation who partnered with OPG to build Lac Seul Generating Station in Northwestern Ontario. In service since 2009, the station is also known by its Aboriginal name "Obishikokaang Waasiganikewigamig”, which means White Pine Narrows Generating Station.

OPG is committed to providing opportunities for Indigenous businesses to participate and have fair access to OPG business. New Indigenous suppliers are encouraged to build their company profile on our Supply Chain website.